Metabolic syndrome is a predictor of most cardiovascular events and therefore remains a pressing medical problem.
OBJECTIVE
To characterize the structure of metabolic syndrome by its components in non-indigenous individuals with arterial hypertension permanently residing in the Far North.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
The study included 308 patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and metabolic syndrome (MS) permanently residing in the Far North (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Ugra) in the period 2016—2019. There were 142 (46.1%) males and 166 (53.9%) females. The age of the study participants was 41±5.1 years. All patients were divided into two groups according to their age: Group 1 — 36—40 years (n=150), Group 2 — 41—46 years (n=158). The patients had the following AH severity distribution: Grade 1 AH (n=91), Grade 2 AH (n=125), Grade 3 AH (n=92). The MS diagnose in this study was made according to the Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Metabolic Syndrome (2013).
RESULTS
MS in patients with AH living in the Far North is represented by the following combinations of 3, 4, and 5 elements. At the same time in patients with Grade 1 AH, a 3-component variant of MS is registered, whereas for the patients with Grade 2 AH and especially for the patients with Grade 3 AH, 4-component and 5-component MS variants were typical respectively.
CONCLUSION
A close pathogenetic relationship is defined between obesity and arterial hypertension. On the one hand, obesity is the trigger mechanism for arterial hypertension; on the other hand, arterial hypertension causes decreased sensitivity of peripheral tissues to insulin, which leads to obesity. Overweight individuals are 50% more likely to develop arterial hypertension than normal weight individuals. Arterial hypertension is associated with the central type of obesity, which causes symptoms such as insulin resistance, impaired glucose tolerance, and dyslipidemia.